Folding paper box.



No. 680,l05. Patented Aug. 6, M".

F. N. YOUNG.

FOLDING PAPER 80X.

(Application filed May 4. 1901.\

(No Model.)

INVENTDR'.

UNITED STATES PATENT UEEIQE.

-FRANK N. YOUNG, OF PROVIDENCE, RHODE ISLAND.

FOLDING PAPER BOX.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 680,105, dated August6, 1901.

Application filed May 4, 1901. Serial No. 58,827. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, FRANK N. YOUNG, a citizen of the United States,residing at Providence, in the State of Rhode Island, have invented anew and useful Improvement in Folding Paper Boxes, of which thefollowing is a specification.

The object of my invention is to provide a cheaply-constructed foldingbox formed in one piece; and it consists in the improved form ofconstruction, as hereinafter fully set forth.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 represents a perspective view ofmy improved folding box. Fig. 2 represents a plan view of the cut-outblank from which the box is folded. Fig. 3 represents a top view of thebox when the attaching-flaps are nearly folded together for lockingengagement.

In the drawings, A, Fig. 1, represents the completed box, and B, Fig. 2,the outspread blank from which the box is to be folded, the said blankbeing provided with the slits a a and b b and with suitably-creasedfoldinglines. The folding flaps c and def the blank are provided attheir outer ends e 6 with the notches or slits f f, extending in thesame direction and adapted for locking engagement with each other.

In folding the blank B to form the box A, as shown in Fig. 1, the flap gmay be first turned from a horizontal to an upright position at thefolding-crease 1, then the flap It turned upward at the folding-crease2, inward at the folding-crease 3, and downward over the upper edge ofthe upturned flap g at the folding-crease 4, then the opposite flaps cand cl turned upward at the folding-creases 5 5 and inward at thefolding-creases 6 6, the

portions 0 and d of the flaps c and 61 passing under thepreviously-folded flap h, then the flaps candd are to be folded togetherat the folding-creases 7 7 and the folding-creases 8 8, as shown in Fig.8, and their ends e e locked together by means of the notches f f, asshown in Fig. 1 and indicated by the dotted lines, the box being thusformed complete.

The ends of the flaps c and d, which fold together at the front side ofthe box, are cut away at the points i 'i, so that when the flaps arefolded together a thumb-notch j will be formed, as shown in Fig. 1,through which ready access may be had to the downwardlyturned portion Zof the folding flap h for opening the box.

Instead of folding the rear ends of the flaps c and d at the outer sideof the covering-flap h, as above stated, they may be folded to engagement at the inner side of the same, which will allow greater freedomfor the opening swing of the covering-flap.

I claim as my invention In a folding box, the combination of the flaps gand h, and c and d, turned upward from the bottom 70 of the box, thesaid flaps c and d being provided with the lockingnotches f, f, and alsocut away at the points ,1, t', to form a thumb-notch j, when the saidflaps are locked together at the front outer side of the box, wherebyready access may be had to the inclosed downwardly-turned portion Z ofthe covering-flap h, for opening the box; substantially as described.

' FRANK N. YOUNG.

Witnessesi SOCRATES SoHo-LFIELD, HARRY J. GAROEAU.

